Our crew at Key Ministry is very pleased to be involved with an excellent training opportunities next month for our friends in the Midwest.

On October 16-17, we’re delighted that Ryan Wolfe will be joining Joni Eareckson Tada, Steve Bundy and the crew from Joni and Friends for their Hope in the Midst of Suffering Conference at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, IN.

Joni will be speaking at the Opening and Closing Plenaries.  Her Opening Plenary talk is titled Jesus Beside Bethesda and the Closing Plenary will focus on Accelerating Ministry to the Marginalized at the End.

Steve and Joni will participate in a panel discussion, Following the Path of the Crucified Christ on the Path of Leadership and Ministry, while Steve offers a plenary discussion of Luke 14, the Church and Marginalized People and a workshop on Global Perspectives on Pastoral Care for Excluded People.

Ryan will be presenting a workshop on Keeping the Disabled Connected, in which he’ll be looking at ways in which personal technologies can be used to keep people with disabilities connected to the global community.

Other outstanding speakers attending the conference include Kathy McReynolds and Ben Rhodes from Joni and Friends along with numerous members of the Indiana Wesleyan faculty.

Registration for the conference is $150.00. One-day rates and a reduced rate for groups of four or more are available. Click here to register for the Hope in the Midst of Suffering Conference.

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Key Ministry has put together a resource page for pastors, church staff, volunteers and parents with interest in the subject of depression and teens. Available on the resource page are…

• Links to all the posts from our recent blog series on depression
• Links to other outstanding blog posts on the topic from leaders in the disability ministry community
• Links to educational resources on the web, including excellent resources from the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), a parent medication guide, and excellent information from Mental Health Grace Alliance.